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The Best Episodes of The New Batman Adventures Season 1

Every episode of The New Batman Adventures Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The New Batman Adventures Season 1!

The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl, among others. The show also features guest stars such as Supergirl, Etrigan, and The Creeper.

Genres:Action & AdventureMysteryAnimation
Network:The WB

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The New Batman Adventures" season 1 is "Holiday Knights", rated 7.6/10 from 1013 user votes. It was directed by Dan Riba and written by Paul Dini. "Holiday Knights" aired on 9/13/1997 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Sins of the Father".

  • Holiday Knights
    7.6/10 1,013 votes

    #1 - Holiday Knights

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1997

    During the Christmas season, Harley and Poison Ivy lure Bruce into a hypnotic shopping spree while Joker threatens Gotham with a sonic bomb loud enough to deafen anyone within earshot of its explosion.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Paul Dini

  • Sins of the Father
    7.8/10 914 votes

    #2 - Sins of the Father

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1997

    The origins of Tim Drake are traced, from street-tough and member of Two-Face's gang to the new Robin.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Rich Fogel

  • Cold Comfort
    7.4/10 867 votes

    #3 - Cold Comfort

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1997

    Mr. Freeze returns and seeks revenge on Gotham City, with a big surprise for Batman.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Never Fear
    8.2/10 940 votes

    #4 - Never Fear

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1997

    The Scarecrow develops a new toxin that, rather than inducing fear, eliminates it, making average people incredibly reckless and dangerous.

    Director: Kenji Hachizaki

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • You Scratch My Back
    7.5/10 855 votes

    #5 - You Scratch My Back

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1997

    In an effort to further distance himself from Batman, Nightwing tries to go it alone to stop a smuggling ring and gets unexpected help from the seductive Catwoman.

    Director: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • Double Talk
    8.1/10 866 votes

    #6 - Double Talk

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1997

    Arnold Wesker is released from Arkham, completely free of his Scarface persona. But Scarface's old gang, needing their old boss back, begin working to drive Wesker back to his old ways.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Bob Goodman

  • Joker's Millions
    8.1/10 938 votes

    #7 - Joker's Millions

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/1998

    Crime boss Edward "The King" Barlow dies and in his will leaves his arch-rival, the Joker, a large fortune. Joker immediately goes on a shopping spree, even searching for a replacement for Harley Quinn, but realizes too late that all the money is fake.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Paul Dini

  • Growing Pains
    8.4/10 944 votes

    #8 - Growing Pains

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/1998

    Robin fights to protect a young girl with amnesia who is being stalked by her "father", who turns out to be Clayface. Having created the girl from his own body to scout out the city, he now intends to reabsorb her.

    Director: Atsuko Tanaka

    Writer: Bob Goodman, Paul Dini

  • Mean Seasons
    7.3/10 787 votes

    #9 - Mean Seasons

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/1998

    Batman pursues an ex-model, who is now looking for revenge and calling herself "Calendar Girl".

    Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama

    Writer: Hilary Bader

  • The Demon Within
    6.8/10 772 votes

    #10 - The Demon Within

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/9/1998

    Batman and Robin assist occultist Jason Blood when Klarion the Witch-boy takes control of Blood's alter-ego, Etrigan the Demon.

    Director: Atsuko Tanaka

    Writer: Rusti Bjornhoel, Stan Berkowitz

  • Over the Edge
    9.2/10 1,206 votes

    #11 - Over the Edge

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/23/1998

    During a fight with the Scarecrow, Batgirl is ambushed on a rooftop and falls to her death. Having watched his daughter's demise, Jim Gordon blames Batman for her fate and vows revenge, even recruiting Bane in the process.

    Director: Yuichiro Yano

    Writer: Paul Dini, Bruce Timm

  • Torch Song
    7.0/10 754 votes

    #12 - Torch Song

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/13/1998

    A lovelorn pyrotechnic engineer, Garfield Lynns, gets dumped by a big time singer named Cassidy. Lynns becomes the supervillain Firefly, bent on burning the woman who burned him.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Rich Fogel

  • Love is a Croc
    6.8/10 771 votes

    #13 - Love is a Croc

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/11/1998

    Baby Doll becomes enamored of Killer Croc, and the pair forms a very unlikely yet very successful criminal duo. However, their partnership soon falls apart when Baby Doll learns that Croc is only using her to further his own criminal career.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Steve Gerber